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ModFactor User Guide 

                                  Overview 

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Overview 

 

The Basics 

There are a few basic concepts that you’ll have to grasp to use ModFactor successfully. If you 

read nothing else, please read this section. 

The Effects  

There are ten distinct modulation algorithms which we call “Effects.” Select an Effect by 

turning the Encoder knob. Only one Effect can be active at a time.  

Controlling the Effects 

Each Effect has parameters that can be modified by turning the ten Control Knobs. The 

control knobs allow you to set modulation type, rate and depth, feedback, intensity and 

adjust other parameters that change the sound of each Effect. Also, certain aspects of the 

Effect can be controlled by the Footswitches.  

Using the Footswitches 

The Footswitches can be used in two ways- Play Mode and Bank Mode.  

 

In Play Mode, the Footswitches are used to control certain aspects of the Effects, like Tap 

Tempo, Slow/Fast and Brake. In Bank Mode, the Footswitches are used to instantly recall 

saved versions of the Effects.  

 

Summary of Contents for ModFactor

Page 1: ... with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Complete MF UG Part 159021 Rev C MF UG Contents Part 141141 Rev C Eventide and Harmonizer are registered ...

Page 2: ...ModFactor User Guide Blank Page ...

Page 3: ...dFactor Amp Mono In Mono Out 11 Guitar ModFactor Amp 1 Amp2 Mono or Stereo In Stereo Out 12 Guitar Amp Effects Send ModFactor Amp Effects Return 13 Mixer Effects Send ModFactor Mixer Effects Return 14 Setting and Monitoring Levels 15 Setting Preset Output Level 15 Monitoring Input Level 15 Input and Output Swell 16 Enabling disabling Input Swell 16 Enabling disabling Output Swell 16 Bypass 17 DSP ...

Page 4: ...ignments 26 Operating Modes 27 Play Mode 27 Modulation Display 27 Play Mode Footswitches 27 Active Footswitch 27 Slow Fast Brake Footswitch 27 Tap Footswitch 28 Bank Mode 28 Loading Presets 28 Selecting Preset Banks 29 Active Banks 29 Tempo 30 Tempo ON OFF 30 Tap Tempo 30 Adjusting Tempo 30 Global Tempo 30 Edited Preset Indication 30 Saving Presets 31 Organizing Your Presets in Banks 31 Dumping Ba...

Page 5: ...OFF 43 PGM XMT MIDI Program Change Transmit Enable ON OFF 44 SYS ID MIDI SysEx ID 1 16 44 OUTPUT MIDI Transmit Thru Select XMT THRU THRU C MERGE 44 DUMP Dump Select ALL CURRENT PRESETS SYSTEM 44 GLOBAL Global Settings 45 TEMPO Enable Global Tempo ON OFF 45 ISW Enable Global Input Swell ON OFF 45 OSW Enable Global Output Swell ON OFF 45 UTILITY Utility Functions 45 ROUTE Set the Routing Mode NORMAL...

Page 6: ...d that the key to realizing this goal was to give you the flexibility to bend and twist this power in the service of your creativity We ve worked hard to make ModFactor easy to use We ve done our best to design an intuitive User Interface to manage and control the awesome power and flexibility packed into every Factor Effects processor We hope that you will take the time to master it We know that ...

Page 7: ...ct has parameters that can be modified by turning the ten Control Knobs The control knobs allow you to set modulation type rate and depth feedback intensity and adjust other parameters that change the sound of each Effect Also certain aspects of the Effect can be controlled by the Footswitches Using the Footswitches The Footswitches can be used in two ways Play Mode and Bank Mode In Play Mode the ...

Page 8: ...t an Effect Preset is Active Each time that you press and hold the Right Footswitch the mode will change from one mode to the other Using Play Mode When you re in Play Mode the Footswitches are used to control the Effect that s currently loaded The Left Switch toggles Bypass Active the Middle Switch toggles Slow Fast or Brake and the Right Switch lets you tap a Tempo An ORANGE LED located above th...

Page 9: ...nk is cued and 2 new Presets are ready to go To load the new Preset however you must press one of the other 2 Footswitches Press the Left Footswitch to load Preset 1 from the new Bank or press the Middle Footswitch to load Preset 2 ModFactor Power Up When ModFactor turns on it remembers what it was last doing and powers up in the same mode running the same Effect with the same parameter values sam...

Page 10: ...ced phone plugs ModFactor can be connected directly to your guitar behind another pedal in your Amp s effects loop or to your mixer s send return or insert Given the variety of guitars effects pedals amps and mixers we can t describe a best setup The setup should be driven by you and the sound that you re going for That writ here are some suggestions and typical setups Typical Setups The following...

Page 11: ...Factor Amp Mono In Mono Out This is the simplest way to connect ModFactor Connect your guitar cable to ModFactor Input 1 and a cable from ModFactor Output 1 to your amp Input and Output Level switches In Lvl Out Lvl should be set to GUITAR and AMP ...

Page 12: ...or Stereo In Stereo Out Connect your guitar cable to ModFactor Input 1 and a cable from ModFactor Output 1 to one amp and a second cable from ModFactor Output 2 to the other amp Input Level switch In Lvl should be set to GUITAR and Output Level switch Out Lvl set to AMP ...

Page 13: ...mp Effects Return If your Amp has an Effect Loop you can connect ModFactor s Input to the Amp Effect Loop Send and ModFactor s Output to the Amp Effect Loop Return Most guitar amp s Effects Loop run at Line Level so set ModFactor s Input and Output Level Switches to Line ...

Page 14: ...ModFactor User Guide The Basics 14 Mixer Effects Send ModFactor Mixer Effects Return When connecting ModFactor to a Mixer set ModFactor s Input and Output Level Switches to Line ...

Page 15: ...tch is pressed and held the display will show OP 0dB default While continuing to hold the footswitch down you can optionally turn the Encoder Knob to adjust Preset Output Level from 20dB to 6dB in 1dB increments Preset must be saved to store this setting To set Preset Output Level in BANK Mode press and hold the active Footswitch the one corresponding to the loaded preset Monitoring Input Level To...

Page 16: ... Dry Routing modes Swell only affects the Wet channel Input and Output Swell are not active when the unit is Bypassed but the unit will adopt the swell value on leaving Bypass The Swell values are reset to maximum when a new preset is loaded Enabling disabling Input Swell 1 Press and hold the active Footswitch as described above The display will show the Output Level 2 Press the Encoder once The d...

Page 17: ...allows ModFactor to act as a buffer providing a low impedance output 500 ohm capable of driving any device input or cable length Note Relay Bypass should not be used if the Input Output Lvl switches are set opposite to one another Specifically if the Input Lvl switch is set for GUITAR and the Output Lvl switch is set to LINE or the Input Lvl switch is set for LINE and the Output Lvl switch is set ...

Page 18: ...us Vibrator Undulator and RingMod when Killdry is enabled the Intensity Control works as a Master Effects Level Control When Killdry is enabled ModFactor does not send any dry signal to the outputs only the Effect Note that when Killdry is enabled Bypassing will mute the Effect rather than Bypass it Killdry s factory default is disabled It can be enabled in the BYPASS menu of the System Mode Here ...

Page 19: ... modulation Effects use Type to select Chorus Chorus is an effect that is designed to take a single voiced instrument and give it the sound of many instruments playing together This is achieved through randomly modulating several delay lines to create pitch and timing imperfections and then panning these voices in the stereo field Phaser Phaser is an effect created by a series of digital filters W...

Page 20: ...unction correctly Vibrato Vibrato is an effect that simulates the pitch change you get by modulating a guitar string or using a whammy bar Modulating the rate with an Expression Pedal or envelope will create some insane vibratos Undulator Undulator is a classic Eventide effect that combines two delays two detuned voices and a FM modulated tremolo By turning up the Intensity you can increase the dr...

Page 21: ...e primary parameters of the effects The two leftmost top row knobs control important aspects of the effects The leftmost knob Intensity ranges from subtle to dramatic The knob immediately to its right Type selects the type of effect i e the type of Flanger type of Phaser etc Lower row knobs S Mod D Mod Mod Rate and Mod Source control the secondary LFO which in turn modulates the Speed and Depth of...

Page 22: ...TIVE POSITIVE FEEDBACK BIPHASE Q WAH WAH WAH V WAH FLANGER POSITIVE NEGATIVE JET THRU 0 MODFILTER LOPASS BANDPASS HIPASS ROTARY STANDARD GIANT TREMELOPAN BIAS OPTO VIBRATO MODERN VINTAGE RETRO UNDULATOR PITCH FEEDBCK RINGMOD DC AC Depth Sets the modulation sweep range from narrow to wide In Play Mode the Billboard displays an animated graphic that indicates the sweep range With Depth set to minimu...

Page 23: ...TCH Spread UNDULATOR FEEDBCK Feedback RINGMOD Tone Modulating the Modulation The bottom row knobs are used to modulate the primary modulation D Mod Controls the amount of modulation of the Depth parameter Analogous to AM Amplitude Modulation Full counter clockwise is OFF S Mod Controls the amount of modulation of the Speed parameter Analogous to FM Frequency Modulation Full counter clockwise is OF...

Page 24: ...nob is turned the parameter value doesn t change instantly Instead the display alternates between the Preset value and the word TURN displayed accompanied by either a left or right pointing arrows as appropriate The parameter and hence the Effect does not change until the knob position passes the current parameter value at which point TURN and the arrow disappear the parameter name and value are d...

Page 25: ...bered and will not be changed by moving the pedal The Expression Pedal settings can be adjusted simply by pressing the Pedal to the full heel or full toe position and turning the Control Knobs You ll notice that whenever you move the Pedal the Green LED next to currently active Effect blinks This indicates that Pedal programming is live To program press the heel completely down and adjust the knob...

Page 26: ...y it is possible to inadvertently change settings that you ve created By setting Pedal Lock PDLOCK ON accidental changes to the Expression Pedal settings are prevented Note You can set the minimum value to be greater than the maximum value When you do so as the Pedal moves towards the toe the Parameter value will decrease Note The Expression Pedal input supports control voltage inputs from 0V to 3...

Page 27: ...c consists of two elements 1 a solidly lit horizontal row of LEDs that represents the full range of modulation 2 a vertical bar that sweeps back and forth at the modulation rate With Depth set to 0 full counterclockwise the bar sits at the left most column of the display As Depth is increased the bar sweeps further across the display With Depth set to max the vertical bar traverses the full range ...

Page 28: ...r TMP OFF When Tempo is ON the Tempo LED flashes at the current tempo Bank Mode In Bank Mode the Billboard displays the Bank and Preset Number of the currently running Preset The Left and Middle Footswitches are used to instantly select or Bypass either Preset 1 or Preset 2 Presets are stored in pairs and each pair of Presets is called a Bank There are a maximum of 20 Banks a total of 40 Presets T...

Page 29: ...f 40 Presets are more than you need and you d like to make it quicker and easier to find and load your Presets the number of active Banks can be limited Only the Banks that are active will show up when loading While only active Banks can be loaded Presets can always be saved to all Banks Inactive Banks are not erased and can be made active at any time You can limit the number of active Banks by se...

Page 30: ...o is always saved with each Preset Often however it s useful to set the Tempo for all of the Presets that you re using To do this use the System GLOBAL Tempo command When GLOBAL TEMPO is ON the Tempo value saved with the Preset is ignored and the current Tempo value is used for all Presets Turning GLOBAL TEMPO ON or OFF The factory default is OFF 1 Press and hold the Encoder and Right Footswitch s...

Page 31: ...ing them in the same Bank will let you instantly switch from one to the other Loading a Preset from a Bank is instantaneous one tap while getting to a Preset from different Bank takes at least two taps Also remember that if you plan to limit the number of active Banks you should store groups of Presets in consecutive Banks For example if you need 6 presets for gig 1 and a different set of 4 preset...

Page 32: ...STEM is selected only System settings are dumped Restoring Presets and System Settings Presets and System settings are restored via MIDI s SysEx facility ModFactor must be set to the desired SysEx ID number from 1 to 16 To set the MIDI SysEx ID number factory default is 1 1 Press and hold the Encoder and Right Footswitch simultaneously for a few seconds to enter System Mode Release the Encoder 2 T...

Page 33: ...ample you could assign an Aux Switch to toggle between S MOD value 0 and 5 To program the Aux Switches see the System Mode section of this User Guide Notes 1 You must use a stereo phone plug to connect Aux Switches 2 Toggle switches are not supported Only momentary switches will work properly 3 Simultaneously pressing the switch assigned to the Tip and the switch assigned to the Ring will trigger ...

Page 34: ...t PRE PST PRE POST mode allows you to change where your stompbox sits in your signal chain For example you may want it to at the beginning of your signal chain for a distortion effect PRE but for a reverb you may want it to run at the end POST It can also be used to choose between placing an effect either before the amp or in an effects loop This is set on a preset by preset basis by choosing betw...

Page 35: ...he Encoder until the display shows WET1 default WET2 or STEREO 3 Turn the Encoder to set it as desired 4 Release the Footswitch the Preset will return to its previous Active or Bypassed state 5 Remember to save the preset or the change will be lost WET1 Physical Output 1 will be wet Output 2 will be dry When Bypassed if KillDry is set Output 1 will be muted while Output 2 will always be dry WET2 P...

Page 36: ...BYPASS AUX SW MIDI GLOBAL and UTILITY Press the Encoder to select one of these choices System Mode Navigation General navigation and access the System Mode menus parameters are as follows 1 Push the Encoder to step down into the menu tree 2 Turn the Encoder to scroll thru menu items or parameter selections or values 3 Press the Middle Footswitch to step up the menu tree to upper level menu options...

Page 37: ... 100 wet Level For some of the effects the Intensity control acts as a Wet Dry Mix control For these effects if KILLDRY is YES the Intensity control is disabled Press the Middle Footswitch once to back up one level to BYPASS menu Press the Middle Footswitch twice to go to top level System menu AUX SW Program Auxiliary Switches Up to three Auxiliary Switches can be assigned as controls for the Effe...

Page 38: ... limited space in the Billboard display the Parameter Control Knob names cannot be meaningfully displayed Instead for display purposes we ve numbered the knobs from 0 to 9 indicate below FS1 Left footswitch FS2 Middle footswitch FS3 Right footswitch The notion of using an On Off control source like an Aux Switch to control a variable parameter bears some explanation Consider a variable parameter l...

Page 39: ...ress the Right Footswitch to select one of three Aux Switches There are two ways to select the Aux Switch Manual Select or Learn Mode For Manual Select simply turn the Encoder to choose the Aux Switch The choices are TIP Aux switch jack tip connection RNG Aux switch jack ring connection T R Aux switch jack tip ring connection There are also momentary non toggling controls named TI P RN G and T R t...

Page 40: ... parameters and system control The idea is to first select the ModFactor parameter or function that you want to externally control Intensity for example and then select either MIDI Bend or the MIDI CC with which you want to control it Here s how it works Press the Encoder to select RCV CTL You will see two fields split display of the Billboard display showing Parameter destination and Control sour...

Page 41: ...ffects and Presets Note You can set the minimum value to be greater than the maximum value When you do so when the MIDI CC s sends an increasing value the parameter value will decrease Note While it is possible to assign more than one external controller to any parameter doing so is likely to cause confusion and is not recommended Keep in mind that if you have previously assigned a MIDI CC to a co...

Page 42: ... between Source and Destination to make as many assignments as you wish Press the Middle Footswitch once to back up one level to MIDI menu Press the Middle Footswitch twice to go to top level System menu RCV MAP Create a MIDI Program Change Receive Map MIDI maps are an efficient way to instantly recall any of ModFactor s Presets using your favorite MIDI controller pedal board sequencer etc Press t...

Page 43: ...dicated by a flashing right hand arrow pointing to MIDI Program Change turn the Encoder to select the corresponding number Default map Prg No 0 19 map to the 40 Presets starting with Bank 1 1 Note When a Factor Preset is recalled with a MIDI program change message MIDI Program Change messages are not generated Note MIDI Program Change Transmit must be enabled in order for ModFactor to transmit Pro...

Page 44: ...Factor MIDI data THRU to pass incoming MIDI data to the MIDI outputs THRU C to pass incoming MIDI data to the MIDI outputs mixed with any MIDIclock generated by the TimeFactor MERGE to pass incoming MIDI data to the MIDI outputs mixed with any MIDI messages generated by the TimeFactor If THRU is selected the TimeFactor cannot generate any MIDI messages THRU C and MERGE should NOT be used with heav...

Page 45: ...urrent preset Press the Middle Footswitch once to back up one level to UTILITY menu Press the Middle Footswitch twice to go to top level System menu UTILITY Utility Functions After entering System mode turn the Encoder to select UTILITY then press the Encoder to enter the Utility functions settings mode Turn the Encoder to scroll through the following Utility functions Press the Encoder to select ...

Page 46: ...cked The Pedal Lock feature is a good way to ensure that Expression Pedal settings do not change Press the Middle Footswitch once to back up one level to UTILITY menu Press the Middle Footswitch twice to go to top level System menu PDLCAL Auto Calibrate Expression Pedal ON OFF Press the Encoder to select Turn the Encoder to set Auto Calibration ON or OFF See p 25 for more info on Pedal Calibration...

Page 47: ...AR SETUP is displayed Restoring Factory Effects Presets and System Settings CAUTION This function will overwrite any Presets that you have saved To restore Factory Presets and all System settings power up ModFactor while simultaneously pressing the Middle Footswitch and the Encoder until INITIALIZING is displayed Software Updates ModFactor s software can be upgraded over USB Information on softwar...

Page 48: ...lt Changed 1 16 1 16 1 16 1 16 Mode Default Messages Altered 3 X X 1 X X Note Number True Voice X X After Touch Key s Channels X X X X Pitch Bender O O Control Change 0 127 O O CC0 CC99 Program Change True O O System Exclusive O O ID XXh Bulk Dump Rcv only System Common Song Pos Song Select Tune X X X X X X System Real Time Clock Commands X X O X Aux Messages Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Active Sens...

Page 49: ...tput 1 mono inch mono phone jack Output 2 inch mono phone jack Expression Pedal inch mono phone jack Aux Switch inch stereo phone jack USB Type B Socket Use USB 2 0 cables only AC Adaptor Jack MIDI In Five pin DIN Female MIDI Out Thru Five pin DIN Female Power Supply 9 VDC 1200 ma Tip hot Dimensions English 4 8 H x 7 5 W x 2 12 D Metric 122 H x 190 W x 54 D mm Weight ModFactor 2 15 lbs 1 kG Specif...

Page 50: ...ty A copy of your purchase invoice is normally necessary and sufficient for this Units with the serial number plate defaced or removed will not be serviced or covered by this warranty When the warranty becomes effective The one year warranty period begins on the day the unit is purchased from an Authorized Eventide Dealer or if the unit is drop shipped from Eventide on the day shipped plus a reaso...

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